[mythtv-users] "Cars" dvd crashes internal DVD player to desktop

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 21:30:23 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 1:34 PM, qwerty byrd <qwertybyrd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:44 PM, qwerty byrd <qwertybyrd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am running MythDora 5, and when I try to play the Disney DVD "Cars"
>> > using
>> > the internal dvd player, it successfully plays all of the commercials
>> > and
>> > such, then crashed Mythfrontend to the desktop when it gets to the
>> > movie. I
>> > am able to play the dvd in the same machine using vlc.
>> >
>> > Has anyone else had this problem with this dvd? Is there a solution?
>> >
>> > Any assistance is appreciated!
>>
>> A LOT of the Linux DVD player applications have this sort of problem.
>> Talking to the xine guys a few times over the years it's generally
>> caused by bad error detection and handling in the DVD support
>> libraries. It's gotten much better, but there are still problems when
>> a DVD has the odd scratch. Commercial players keep spinning the disk
>> and eventually find the next frame/whatever, but often the Linux apps
>> don't work that well when faced with this sort of problem.
>>
>> Question: What happens if you play the same DVD using xine? (Or maybe
>> mplayer)
>>
>> - Mark
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> I played it using vlc on the same machine, and it ran fine.
>
OK, so follow Richard's suggestion to use xine instead. Personally I've
found xine to be the most stable of the players I've tried.

Complete disclosure - I never play DVDs in Myth.

Cheers,
Mark


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